Improvement in trace-fastening



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LUCAS .C. CLARK, OF PLANTSVI LLE, (TON NECTICUT.

Letters Patent No..69,771, dated October 15, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACE-FASTENING.

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To ALL WHOM a1 MAY oononnn:

Be it known that I, LUCAS C. CLARK, of Plantsville, in the county of Hartford/and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new and improved Device for a Trace-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,*clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art to mnlcc and use the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of mi invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same with the trace attached.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the samcwith the trace in position to be withdrawn from the fastener or attached to the cock-eye.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the same, in which the guide which fastens the trace is made open owi-ts upper side. v

' Figure 5 is a perspective view of the most common trace-fastener in use.

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My invention consists in the use or employment of a cock-eye attached to the end of a Whittle-tree, in from of and to which is secured a guide or fastener, through which the trace passes, and is then passed or slipped on to thecock-eye. I

A designates the cock eye; B designates the whifile-trce C designates the guide'or fastener; D designates the trace; designates the slot in the trace; F designates a ferrule OltztllB end of the whifllc-trcc. The cool;- cye A can be made of any desired shape, but for a perfect safeguard its length should be somewhat longer than the distance from the cock-eye A to" the guide or fastener :0. It is preferable to have the cock-c'ye r'r smooth and round, with itszdiam'ete'r lessened near the whiflie-tre, where the trace D rests when inus'c. The guide '01 fastener C can be cast 'solidou or-riveted -on to the ferrule F, or secured to the whifile-trce B in any other proper manner. The shape represented in fig. 1 I consider the best, but it wouldanswor the same purpose if made open on its upper side or edge, as represented in fig. 4,. or of any other analogous shape, providing that it reaches forward to the outer side of the trace D, so as to hold it from slipping off from the cock-eye A.

To attach the trace D, pass it through the guide or fastener. C, and deflect the 0nd of the trace D outward, so

' that the slot E .in the trace D shall be even and parallel with thepand of the cock-eye A, and'then pass the trace on to the cock-eye A, and the trace is fastened. If the guide or fastener'C is made open on its upper cclge, as in fig. 4, the trace D can befirst passed on to the cools-eye A, and then raised enough to allow it-to pass over the top of the guide 'or fastener G, and then lowered into the guidemr fastener C. It will be seen that neither of the two motions necessary to detach the trace D from the cock-eye A can be caused by accident or the chances of-ordinary'use, but must be caused lay design, as, in order todetachthe trace D, it must he pulled back, and then deflected from the cock-eye A, as shown in fig. 3, and consequently it is a perfect safeguard against thc accidents which occur from the detaching of a trace when in use.

By my inventionl produce an article for a trace-fastener that is perfectly safe, and can be made at only a'trifling advance on the cost of the common fastening. It is much more durable than any in use, a there are no springs or slides or leathers to be operated orrtied, and thereis no rattling of any loose parts as all the parts are firmly and rigidly secured.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The coclbeye A, the guide or fastener C, when attached to the whifile-trec B, the whole arranged and used substantially as described. I I

LUCAS C. CLARK.

Witnesses:

SIMEON Neuron, WILLIAM 000K. 

